by Agency Reporter | May 8, 2021 | Briefing
CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND DEVELOPMENT CHARITIES Christian Aid, Eco-congregation Scotland and Operation Noah have welcomed the decision of the Church of Scotland Investors’ Trust to sell its shares in oil and gas companies. They also called on the Church of Scotland...
by Agency Reporter | May 8, 2021 | Briefing
AHEAD OF THE EU-INDIA LEADERS’ MEETING, Amnesty International has called on EU leaders to urge India to protect the rights to life and health, and to raise the alarm about the crackdown on dissent being carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...
by Agency Reporter | May 7, 2021 | Briefing
RESEARCH BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS has found that more than four-fifths (84 per cent) of the UK public think the climate and ecological emergencies will affect mental health in a decade at least as much as unemployment (83 per cent) and Covid 19 (84 per...
by Agency Reporter | May 7, 2021 | Briefing
The land rights of the Xokleng, a tribe that was violently expelled from its territory in the 19th and 20th centuries to make way for European colonists, are now the focus of a landmark court case in Brazil. The Xokleng were brutally persecuted and evicted by armed...
by Agency Reporter | May 6, 2021 | Briefing
THE YOUNG WOMEN’S TRUST has launched a new Research Centre for Young Women’s Economic Justice, which will run a training programme to empower young women to become paid peer researchers into the economic injustices faced by young women struggling to live on low...
by Agency Reporter | May 6, 2021 | Briefing
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN G7 countries believe their governments should ensure pharmaceutical companies share vaccine research and technology, according to a major new poll. The poll carried out by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, which includes Amnesty International,...
